Students from Leonia High School in New Jersey went to visit Notre-Dame Cathedral (巴黎圣母院). They talked 1 after the visit. They were glad. However, just 2 after they came out, there was a big fire. They were the last 3 to see the cathedral before it caught fire.
One of the 4teachers with the students, Bertolini, said, "I came here with four other teachers and 26 students. We are in Paris as a part of an 11-day French trip. We 5 about an hour in the cathedral before leaving it to go to dinner."
"We 6 there at about 6:20, and I guess the fire started around then," Bertolini said. "We walked to have dinner and met one teacher's sister at the 7. She was late and said it was because of the fire. People in the city were just afraid."
They 8 the cathedral. The teachers all talked to the students about the 9 fire and the teachers felt happy when they knew no one died in the fire.
Notre-Dame Cathedral is very 10 — about 12 to 13 million people go to visit it a year and it is home to paintings, sculptures (雕像) and other famous works of art.
